president biden moving to keep gas price s down with the critical midterm elections fast approaching. good morning, it is wednesday, october 19th i m brianna keilar with john berman. today the president is expected to announce he s authorizing the release of 15 million more barrels from the u.s. strategic reserve. the draw down first announced in march to release 180 million barrels. and on the inflation front, millions of americans could see a bump in paychecks next year thanks to an inflation adjustment in the tax code. this comes as president biden and democratic candidates lockdown midterm messaging. the focus now, economy and abortion. president biden was speaking trying to rally voters still angry about the supreme court decision on roe v. wade, pledging to protect abortion rights if more democrats are elected to congress. right now, we re short a handful of votes. if you care about the right to choose, then you got to vote. that s why these midterm elections are
china claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip? reporter: well, for one thing, this is not going to be, you know, a fueling brief stop
Saturday, which have drawn strong condemnation from the chinese government. an unofficial u.s. delegation is in taiwan showing unity after the island s ruling party secured an historic third term. we are live in beijing. let s start with will ripley in taipei for us. is there a concern about these arguments they were making by are reelecting this party putting taiwan on more of a course of conflict with china. there s a lot of things that taiwan believes china is trying to do to isolate taiwan and intimidate taiwan on a global stage. so this show of support in taipei, these former u.s. officials, the former deputy secretary of state meeting with not only the outgoing taiwan these president, but the president-elect and the vice
Stretch for british prime minister liz truss. in a few poll more than two thirds of the adults in the united states kingdom say they should replace truss as leader. she s barely been on the job like a month and a half. cnn is covering the latest from around the world. reporter: i m scott mcclean in london where british prime minister liz truss life may be on the line today as she takes questions from opposite leaders and her own party. she s been forced to scrap almost all of her economic plans to try to regain the trust of her party and markets. but a new poll shows she has dug herself a very deep hole. three quarters of people say she cannot regain public trust and two thirds think the conservative party should replace her as prime minister. i m will ripley in taipei, taiwan. when it comes to the issue of
China claims taiwan as part of its territory, despite having never controlled it and repeatedly warned against pelosi visiting the island, vowing to take resolute and forceful measures if the visit goes forward. john kirby addressed the trip on cnn last hour. there s no reason for the chinese rhetoric, there s no reason for any actions to be taken. it is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to taiwan. it is very much in keeping with our policy and consistent with our support to taiwan under the taiwan relations act. we shouldn t be as a country, we shouldn t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. this is an important trip for the speaker to be on. we re going to do whatever we can to support her. cnn is on capitol hill, but we begin with will ripley in taipei, taiwan. will, what can you tell us the latest about this announcement of the speaker s trip?